CorTS^℠ Trust For BellSouth Debentures (“CorTS^℠ Trust”) (OTC Markets Group Ticker Symbol: KTBA) today announced that it elected to express no opinion and remain neutral toward the offer by 745 Capital LLC (“745”) on February 1, 2023, to purchase any and all of CorTS^℠ Trust’s outstanding 7% Corporate-Backed Trust Securities (CorTS^℠) Certificates (the “Tender Offer”).

CorTS^℠ Trust today announced that it believes that each certificate-holder should make its decision as to whether to tender on an individual rather than collective basis, based on the certificate-holder’s particular circumstances. CorTS^℠ Trust further believes that the determination of whether to tender is a financial decision to be made by each certificate-holder, in consultation with the certificate-holder’s financial advisor, based on the terms of the Tender Offer and the consideration amount being offered by 745. For these reasons, CorTS^℠ Trust believes that it is not appropriate for it to make a recommendation to certificate-holders regarding the Tender Offer and expresses no opinion as to the course of action that certificate-holders should take in connection with the Tender Offer and remains neutral toward the Tender Offer.

The announcements contained in this press release were made pursuant to Rule 14e-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

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